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Daniel Shailer
@danielshailer.bsky.social
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Reporter @ Britain's most northerly newspaper, The Shetland Times 🌊 bits for AP, Guardian, New Yorker, Scientific American, Ferret—from CDMX, Tucson, Pittsburgh, NYC & LDN [email protected]
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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 19h
A compressor at Shetland's oil terminal broke for *nine* straight months last year, pushing the isles' entire methane emissions to a near decade high.

"It's an embarrassment for the whole community."

@alexjarmitage.bsky.social @r-dixon.bsky.social

www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/broken-...
Broken equipment at Sullom Voe caused decade-long peak in emissions
Shetland's methane emissions reached their highest level in a decade last year, driven by broken kit at EnQuest’s Sullom Voe terminal.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 2d
🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · Aug 21
🔴 NEW: A consultancy firm which took part in a government pilot for fast-tracking salmon farm applications did an “independent” evaluation of that same pilot — prompting critics to call it a “sham” and claim a conflict of interest could threaten the marine environment 🧵
View of salmon farming cages floating in the sea near a rocky coastline. Overlaid text reads: “Consultancy firm’s review of fast-track salmon farm pilot branded ‘sham’.”
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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · Jul 24
New with @theferret.scot:

How one boat’s engine trouble exposed a broader breakdown in fishing rules and the government’s investigation.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · Jul 24
🔴 NEW: A fishing boat off Shetland broke down and abandoned more than 80km of netting in the sea for almost a month, prompting fears sea life and the marine environment may have been damaged.

Find out more: theferret.scot/shetl...
The Genesis II fishing vessel is moored at a harbour in Shetland with green nets stacked on its deck. Text on the image reads: “Shetland fishing boat abandoned 80km of nets in seas for almost a month.” The Ferret logo appears in the top right corner.
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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · Jul 7
Glad to contribute a little bit of shoe leather to this great report from @desmog.com's @ellen-ormesher.bsky.social.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · Jul 7
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Why is a Norwegian oil giant sponsoring school classrooms in the Shetland Islands? Critics fear that Equinor’s latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to its plan to drill the vast Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea.

✏️ @ellen-ormesher.bsky.social reports: buff.ly/R9WWWuk
Shetland Schoolchildren Study in Classrooms Sponsored by Norwegian Oil Giant
This story was published in partnership with Norway’s E24. Norwegian oil company Equinor is spending more than £200,000 to sponsor science classrooms in the Shetland Islands, as it seeks approval for…
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theferret.scot
The Ferret @theferret.scot · Jun 8
NEW: A Norwegian company has drawn up plans for Britain’s first deep-sea salmon farm in waters off Shetland, prompting concerns it is an “experiment in factory farming” that could damage the environment. theferret.scot/norwe...
Norwegian firm's plan for UK’s first deep-sea salmon farm off Shetland prompts concerns
A Norwegian firm has plans for Britain’s first deep-sea salmon farm, off Shetland, prompting concerns it could damage the environment.
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